The Indus Valley civilization flourished between 4000-1000 BC along the Indus River valley in modern-day Pakistan. Major cities included Harappa and Mohenjo-Daro, which had impressive urban planning with organized streets and drainage systems. The civilization engaged in agriculture along the river and extensive trade. It declined around 1900-1300 BC due to various proposed factors such as flooding or drought.
This presentation contains the history origin, evolution and decline of Indus Valley civilization - one of the great civilization took placed on earth.
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilisation (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1600 BCE) mainly in the northwestern regions of the South Asia, extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.
Along with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia it was one of three early civilisations of the Old World, and of the three, the most widespread.
It flourished in the basins of the Indus River, which flows through the length of Pakistan, and along a system of perennial, mostly monsoon-fed, rivers that once coursed in the vicinity of the seasonal Ghaggar-Hakra river in northwest India and eastern Pakistan.
This presentation contains the history origin, evolution and decline of Indus Valley civilization - one of the great civilization took placed on earth.
The Indus Valley Civilisation (IVC) was a Bronze Age civilisation (3300–1300 BCE; mature period 2600–1600 BCE) mainly in the northwestern regions of the South Asia, extending from what today is northeast Afghanistan to Pakistan and northwest India.
Along with ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia it was one of three early civilisations of the Old World, and of the three, the most widespread.
It flourished in the basins of the Indus River, which flows through the length of Pakistan, and along a system of perennial, mostly monsoon-fed, rivers that once coursed in the vicinity of the seasonal Ghaggar-Hakra river in northwest India and eastern Pakistan.
The Indus Valley Civilization was an ancient civilization located in what is Pakistan and northwest India today, on the fertile flood plain of the Indus River and its vicinity. Evidence of religious practices in this area date back approximately to 5500 BCE. Farming settlements began around 4000 BCE and around 3000 BCE there appeared the first signs of urbanization. By 2600 BCE, dozens of towns and cities had been established, and between 2500 and 2000 BCE the Indus Valley Civilization was at its peak.
Phases of Harappan Civilization; Town planning system; Important cities of Indus Valley Civilization: Harappa & Mohenjodaro; Economic life; Decline of Civilization..
The Indus Valley Civilization was an ancient civilization located in what is Pakistan and northwest India today, on the fertile flood plain of the Indus River and its vicinity. Evidence of religious practices in this area date back approximately to 5500 BCE. Farming settlements began around 4000 BCE and around 3000 BCE there appeared the first signs of urbanization. By 2600 BCE, dozens of towns and cities had been established, and between 2500 and 2000 BCE the Indus Valley Civilization was at its peak.
Phases of Harappan Civilization; Town planning system; Important cities of Indus Valley Civilization: Harappa & Mohenjodaro; Economic life; Decline of Civilization..
a 5 min presentation on Indus Valley civilization discussing its history, some geographical details, the lifestyle, religous beliefs and livelihood of the people.
Indus Valley civilization also know as harappan civilization was one of the oldest urban civilization of the world, which flourished in the fertile plains of Indus river and its tributaries.
➢ Introduction ➢ Historical Importance ➢ Harappa ➢ Mohenjo-Daro ➢ Excavations and Discovery ➢ Conclusion
The first recognised urban civilisation on the Indian subcontinent is the Indus valley civilization, commonly referred to as the Indus civilization or Harappan civilization. Although the southern sites may have persisted later into the second millennium BCE, the civilization's nuclear dates appear to be between 250 to 1700 BCE.
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2. Indus Valley
The Harappan culture existed along the
Indus River in what is present day
Pakistan.
It was named after the city of Harappa.
Harappa and the city of Mohenjo-Daro
were important centers of the Indus valley
civilization.
This Indus Valley “civilization” flourished
around 4000-1000 B.C.
5. Chronology
Ancient Indus Chronology
Period Phase Yrs. (B.C.E.)
5 Late Harappan (Cemetery H) ?1700-1300
4 Harappan/Late Harappan Transitional 1900-?1700
3C Harappan Phase c. 2200-1900
3B Harappan Phase c. 2450-2200
3A Harappan Phase c.2600-2450
2 Early Harappan/Kot Diji Phase c. 2800-2600
1A/B Early Harappan/Ravi Phase c. 3300-2800
6. Early Harappan-Ravi Phase
3300-2800 BC
This distinctive, regional culture which emerged is
called Early or Pre-Harappan.
Trade networks linked this culture with related
regional cultures and distant sources of raw
materials, including lapis lazuli and other
materials for bead-making.
Domesticated crops included peas, sesame seeds,
dates and cotton.
Domestic animals also used, such as the water
buffalo.
Mud brick for building.
8. Middle Harappan-Integration Era
2600-1900 BC
By 2500 BCE, communities had been turned into
urban centers (integration).
Six such urban centers have been discovered,
including: Harappa, Mohenjo Daro and Dicki in
Pakistan, along with Gonorreala, Dokalingam and
Mangalore in India.
In total, over 1052 cities and settlements have
been found, mainly in the general region of the
Ghaggar-Florence River and its tributaries.
Irrigation used to increase crop production and
mud brick structures.
10. Late Harappan-Cemetery H
1700-1300 BC
Cremation of human remains. The bones were
stored in painted pottery burial urns. This is
completely different to the Indus civilization
where bodies were buried in wooden coffins.
Reddish pottery, painted in black with antelopes,
peacocks etc., sun or star motifs, with different
surface treatments to the earlier period.
Expansion of settlements into the east.
Rice became a main crop.
Apparent breakdown of the widespread trade of
the Indus civilization, with materials such as
marine shells no longer used.
Continued use of mud brick for building.
12. Natural Resources
The Indus Valley contained numerous
natural resources that were an important
part of Harappan civilization.
Resources included:
Fresh water and timber.
Materials such as gold, silver, semi-precious
stones.
Marine resources.
13. Himalayan Mountains
Nanga Parbat and
numerous other
mountains of the
Himalaya, Karakorum
and Hindu Kush
provide a continuous
source of water for
the Indus and its
tributaries.
These mountain
ranges also provided
important timber,
animal products, and
minerals, gold, silver,
tin and semiprecious
stones that were
traded throughout
the Indus Valley.
14. Valleys
Cedar in Chitral valley
is still used to make
houses and coffins,
following a tradition
that dates back to the
first Indus cities.
Beyond the mountains
in the background is
the region of
Badakhshan,
Afghanistan, a source
of the deep blue lapis
lazuli.
This was mined
during the Indus
period and traded
throughout the Indus
Valley and to far off
Mesopotamia and
Egypt.
15. Coast
The coast of Sindh
and Makran have
bays and ancient
Harappan sites
have been located
along the coast to
the border of
modern Iran.
These coastal
settlements were
involved in fishing
and trading, using
the monsoon winds
to travel back and
forth to Oman and
the Persian Gulf
region.
16. Major Cities: Mohenjo-Daro and
Harappa
The cities are well known for their
impressive, organized and regular layout.
They have well laid our plumbing and
drainage system, including indoor toilets.
Over one thousand other towns and
villages also existed in this region.
18. Cities
The similarities in plan and construction between
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa indicate that they
were part of a unified government with extreme
organization.
Both cities were constructed of the same type and shape
of bricks.
The two cities may have existed simultaneously and
their sizes suggest that they served as capitals of their
provinces.
In contrast to other civilizations, burials found from
these cities are not elaborate; they are more simplistic
and contain few material goods.
Remains of palaces or temples in the cities have not
been found.
No hard evidence exists indicating military activity,
though the cities did contain fortifications and artifacts
such as copper and bronze knives, spears, and
arrowheads were recovered.
19. Mohenjo-Daro
This shows the high western mound made up of a massive
mud brick platform and brick houses of the Harappan
period ( 2600 to 1900 B. C.).
On top of the Harappan structures is a Buddhist period
stupa made of mud brick that dates to the first century
A.D.
20. The Great Bath
The "great bath" is the earliest public water tank.
The tank measures approximately 12 meters
north-south and 7 meters wide, with a maximum
depth of 2.4 meters.
Two staircases lead down into the tank from the
north and south and small sockets at the edges of
the stairs are thought to have held wooden
planks or treads.
At the foot of the stairs is a small ledge with a
brick edging that extends the entire width of the
pool.
22. Streets
At Mohenjo-Daro
narrow streets and
alleyways are off of
the major streets,
leading into more
private
neighborhoods.
Many of the brick
houses were two
stories high, with
thick walls and high
ceilings to keep the
rooms cool in the
hot summer
months.
23. Wells
Private wells were
rebuilt over many
generations for large
households and
neighborhoods.
This well in DK G
area at Mohenjo-
daro stands like a
chimney because all
of the surrounding
earth has been
removed by
excavation.
24. Harappa
The high mound at Harappa (Mound AB) is surrounded by a massive
mud brick city wall with large square ramparts.
One of these eroding ramparts is visible through the underbrush that
now covers the site. The flags mark the tomb of a Muslim saint.
26. Granary
The "granary" of Harappa is found on Mound F.
It is a brick structure that was built on a massive brick foundation over 45 meters
north-south and 45 meters east-west.
Two rows of six rooms that appear to be foundations are arranged along a central
passageway that is about 7 meters wide and partly paved with baked bricks.
Each room measures 15.2 by 6.1 meters and has three sleeper walls with air space
between them.
27. Well
A large public well and public bathing platforms were found
in the southern part of Mound AB at Harappa.
These public bathing areas may also have been used for
washing clothes as is common in many traditional cities in
Pakistan and India today.
28. Harappa: Mound E and ET
Inside the city is an area that has been identified as a
crafts quarter.
Large quantities of manufacturing debris have been found
in this area indicating the presence of workshops for
making stone beads, shell ornaments, glazed faience
ornaments, stone tools and possibly even gold working.
29. Mound E Gateway Artists Conception
by Chris Sloan, courtesy of JM Kenoyer
30. Language
The Indus (or Harappan) people used a pictographic script.
Some 3500 specimens of this script survive in stamp seals
carved in stone, in molded terracotta and faience amulets,
in fragments of pottery, and in a few other categories of
inscribed objects.
In addition to the pictographic signs, the seals and amulets
often contain iconographic motifs, mostly realistic pictures
of animals apparently worshipped as sacred, and a few
cultic scenes, including anthropomorphic deities and
worshippers.
This material is important to the investigation of the
Harappan language and religion, which continue to be
major issues.
31. The origins of Indus writing
The origins of Indus writing can now be traced to the Ravi
Phase (c. 3300-2800 BC) at Harappa.
Some inscriptions were made on the bottom of the pottery
before firing.
This inscription (c. 3300 BC) appears to be three plant
symbols.
35. Economy-Trade
The Harappan civilization was mainly
urban and mercantile.
Inhabitants of the Indus valley traded with
Mesopotamia, southern India,
Afghanistan, and Persia for gold, silver,
copper, and turquoise.
36. Trade
Gold Disc
The central ornament worn on
the forehead of the famous
"priest-king" sculpture from
Mohenjo-daro appears to
represent an eye bead, possibly
made of gold with steatite inlay
in the center.
38. Economy-Agriculture
The Mesopotamian model of irrigated
agriculture was used to take advantage of
the fertile grounds along the Indus River.
Earthen walls were built to control the
river's annual flooding. Crops grown
included wheat, barley, peas, melons, and
sesame.
This civilization was the first to cultivate
cotton for the production of cloth. Several
animals were domesticated including the
elephant which was used for its ivory.
41. Economy
Cubical weights in graduated sizes.
These weights conform to the standard Harappan binary
weight system that was used in all of the settlements.
The smallest weight in this series is 0.856 grams and the
most common weight is approximately 13.7 grams, which
is in the 16th ratio.
These weights were found in recent excavations at Harappa
and may have been used for controlling trade and possibly
for collecting taxes.
42. Harappan Astronomy
Although the translation of the Harappan script is
still not complete, there are numerous indications
that Harappans were well versed in astronomy.
The straight streets of the Indus cities are oriented
towards the cardinal directions.
Astronomical evidence dates the compilation of the
Vedic calendar at around the 23rd century B.C.,
when the Indus civilization flourished.
Like other urban civilizations, it undoubtedly
needed a calendar that adjusted to the lunar and
solar transitions.
43. The Pleiades hold a prominent place as the
mothers or wet nurses of the newborn infant
in one of the most ancient and central Hindu
myths, that of the birth of the war-god
Rudra/Skanda.
The Pleiades are said to have been the wives
of the seven sages, who are identified with
the seven stars of the Great Bear.
44. The Great Bear
The Great Bear's name ('seven-star‘)
corresponds to the combination of the
pictograms '7' + 'fish', which alone
constitutes the entire text of one finely
carved Indus seal.
Another myth states that the six Pleiades
were separated from their husbands on
account of their infidelity; other texts
specify that only one of the seven wives,
Arundhati, remained faithful and was
allowed to stay with her husband:
she is the small star Alcor in the Great Bear
and pointed to as a symbol of marital virtue of
the bride in Vedic marriage ceremonies
45. Astronomy
Evidence for the Harappan origin of this
myth is provided by Indus seals which
show a row of six human figures.
Their female character is suggested by the
one long plait of hair, which has remained
characteristic of traditional Indian women.
46. “Unicorn”
This unicorn seal was also
discovered during the late
1927-31 excavations at
Mohenjo-Daro.
One theory holds that the
bull actually has two horns,
but that these have been
stylized to one because of
the complexity of depicting
three dimensions.
However the manufacturing
and design process behind
seals was so sophisticated
that the depiction of three
dimensions might not
necessarily have been a
problem.
47. Artifacts
These egg shaped whistles may have been used for music,
a tradition that is still present in rural areas of Pakistan and
India.
52. Ornaments
This collection of gold and agate ornaments (see
next slide) includes objects found at both
Mohenjo-Daro and Harappa.
At the top are fillets of hammered gold that would
have been worn around the forehead.
The other ornaments include bangles, chokers,
long pendant necklaces, rings, earrings, conical
hair ornaments, and broaches.
These ornaments were never buried with the
dead, but were passed on from one generation to
the next.
These ornaments were hidden under the floors in
the homes of wealthy merchants or goldsmiths.
54. Necklace
Necklace from Mohenjo-
Daro made from gold,
agate, jasper, steatite
and green stone.
The gold beads are hollow
and the pendant agate
and jasper beads are
attached with thick gold
wire.
Steatite beads with gold
caps serve to separate
each of the pendant
beads.
55. Burial
The body was placed inside a wooden coffin (which later decayed)
and entombed in a rectangular pit surrounded with burial offerings
in pottery vessels.
The man was buried wearing a necklace of 340 graduated steatite
beads and three separate pendant beads made of natural stone and
three gold beads. A single copper bead was found at his waist.
56. Burial
Burial of woman and infant, Harappa.
This burial was disturbed in antiquity, possibly by ancient
Harappan grave robbers.
Besides the fact that the body is flipped and the pottery disturbed,
the left arm of the woman is broken and shell bangles that would
normally be found on the left arm are missing.
The infant was buried in a small pit beneath the legs of the
mother.
57. Collapse of Harappan “Civilization”
The de-urbanization period of the
Harappan Civilization saw the collapse and
disappearance of the urban phenomena in
the South Asia.
The theme for this period is localization.
Architectural and ceramic forms changed
along with the loss of writing, planned
settlements, public sanitation,
monumental architecture, seaborne and
exotic trade, seals, and weights.
58. Four Theories of Collapse
Archaeologists have offered four explanations for
the collapse of the Harappan “Civilization”.
Three are based on ecological factors: intense
flooding, decrease in precipitation, and the
dessication of the Sarasvati River.
The fourth hypothesis is that of the Aryan
Invasion, proposed by Sir R. E. Mortimer Wheeler
and Stuart Piggott.
Fourth largely abandoned in the 1940s in favor of
a combination of factors from ecological disasters.
59. Civilization?
Criticism of calling it a civilization because
even though the culture is fairly
homogenous, there is a lack of elite (such
as high status burials).
Thus, some researchers argue that it was
actually more of a chiefdom, rather than a
state-level society.